High School Football: Adgers leads way as Waynesboro routs JB

After the first 19 seconds of the football game, it was all Waynesboro on Friday night.

Johnnie Adgers rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Indians to a 48-20 victory over James Buchanan in the Mid-Penn Colonial Division opener for both teams.


Shamar Pates returned the opening kickoff of the game 94 yards for a touchdown to give the Rockets (0-4, 0-1) a quick 6-0 advantage.

Waynesboro (2-2, 1-0) took the lead for good with 26 seconds left in the first quarter. Connor Fetterhoff scored on a 5-yard run and Jesse Smith followed with his first of six extra-point kicks on the night to make it 7-6 Indians.

In the second quarter, Waynesboro took control. Ryan Heinrich returned an interception 23 yards for a score, and touchdown runs of 29 and 6 yards by Adgers put the Indians up 27-6 at halftime.

Adgers scored again early in the third on a 2-yard run as the Indians took a 34-6 lead.

But the Rockets kept things interesting, at least for a little while. JB quarterback Caleb Martin scored on a 1-yard run with 4:29 left in the third and then ran for the two-point conversion to cut the deficit to 34-14. Four minutes later, Martin connected with Darian Hose for 16-yard TD pass to make it 34-20.

Waynesboro quickly regained the momentum. After a 60-yard run by Adgers, Aaron Conrad scored on 3-yard quarterback keeper as the Indians went into the final quarter with a 41-20 lead.

Waynesboro scored the final touchdown of the game with 8:03 left on a 24-yard pass from Fetterhoff to Galen McDonald.

Fetterhoff finished 1 of 3 passing, while Conrad was 7 of 14 for 93 yards.

For JB, Martin was 3 of 14 passing for 48 yards with five interceptions. Hunter Brown ran for a team-high 32 yards on 10 carries for the Rockets.

Austin Hanshew, Nick Roefaro, Nathan Eisenhauer and Ben Petrie each had an interception for Waynesboro.